Hybrid/Remote Legal Job Trends

Legal
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Legal in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Legal over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 62 76
Rank change year-on-year +18 +14 +35
Permanent jobs citing Legal 1,134 834 884
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.97% 5.03% 3.58%
As % of the General category 8.25% 6.99% 5.86%
Number of salaries quoted 573 315 427
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £29,852
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,000 £97,800 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -9.09%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Legal falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 13,745 11,932 15,076
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.19% 71.94% 61.09%
Number of salaries quoted 8,672 6,604 10,076
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,075 £33,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% -5.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,793 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.38% -0.38% -8.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Legal and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Legal job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Legal.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Legal

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Legal over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Legal salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 73 (6.44%) SharePoint
2 48 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (2.38%) Confluence
4 25 (2.20%) CMS
5 6 (0.53%) IIS
6 5 (0.44%) Apache
6 5 (0.44%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.26%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 54 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 49 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.94%) Acrobat
5 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.53%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.26%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.18%) InDesign
10 1 (0.088%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 35 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (2.38%) Dynamics GP
3 18 (1.59%) Elite 3E
4 12 (1.06%) Visualfiles
5 5 (0.44%) Carpe Diem
5 5 (0.44%) Raiser’s Edge
6 4 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.26%) Aareon QL
7 3 (0.26%) MIS ActiveH
7 3 (0.26%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.26%) OPENHousing
7 3 (0.26%) Orchard Housing
8 2 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.088%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.088%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.088%) Sage 50
9 1 (0.088%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 211 (18.61%) Azure
2 177 (15.61%) SaaS
3 128 (11.29%) Microsoft 365
4 115 (10.14%) Entra ID
5 84 (7.41%) Power Platform
6 81 (7.14%) AWS
7 34 (3.00%) PowerApps
8 33 (2.91%) Mimecast
9 30 (2.65%) Figma
10 26 (2.29%) GCP
11 25 (2.20%) Adobe Analytics
11 25 (2.20%) Contentsquare
12 21 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (1.76%) Power Automate
14 17 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
15 16 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
15 16 (1.41%) Slack
16 11 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
16 11 (0.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.73%) Broadband
2 15 (1.32%) Firewall
3 11 (0.97%) DNS
4 9 (0.79%) Network Security
5 8 (0.71%) DHCP
6 6 (0.53%) VPN
7 5 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (0.44%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.44%) Wireless
8 3 (0.26%) Intranet
8 3 (0.26%) LAN
8 3 (0.26%) SAN
8 3 (0.26%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.26%) WAN
9 2 (0.18%) Extranet
9 2 (0.18%) MVNO
10 1 (0.088%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.088%) Cisco IPT
10 1 (0.088%) VLAN
10 1 (0.088%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (4.59%) Power BI
2 34 (3.00%) SQL Server
3 18 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 17 (1.50%) Tableau
5 11 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.62%) Metadata
7 7 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 6 (0.53%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.53%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.44%) MySQL
9 5 (0.44%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.35%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.35%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
11 3 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.26%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.18%) KNIME
12 2 (0.18%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 42 (3.70%) JIRA
2 8 (0.71%) Git
3 3 (0.26%) GitLab
3 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.18%) Claude Code
4 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 581 (51.23%) Social Skills
2 435 (38.36%) Finance
3 299 (26.37%) Law
4 140 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
5 139 (12.26%) Organisational Skills
6 114 (10.05%) Marketing
7 104 (9.17%) Legal Technology
8 79 (6.97%) Public Sector
9 71 (6.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 63 (5.56%) Banking
11 50 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (3.17%) Telecoms
13 31 (2.73%) Games
14 30 (2.65%) Retail
15 26 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
16 19 (1.68%) Advertising
17 15 (1.32%) Local Government
18 13 (1.15%) Police
19 10 (0.88%) General Ledger
20 9 (0.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 269 (23.72%) Senior
2 121 (10.67%) Senior Manager
3 103 (9.08%) Developer
4 85 (7.50%) Analyst
5 63 (5.56%) Senior Developer
6 54 (4.76%) Architect
6 54 (4.76%) Lead
7 49 (4.32%) Consultant
7 49 (4.32%) Testing Manager
8 37 (3.26%) Product Manager
9 35 (3.09%) Development Manager
10 34 (3.00%) Trainer
11 31 (2.73%) Marketing Manager
12 28 (2.47%) IT Support
13 27 (2.38%) IT Manager
13 27 (2.38%) Technology Manager
14 26 (2.29%) Business Manager
15 24 (2.12%) IT Trainer
15 24 (2.12%) Support Engineer
16 22 (1.94%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (7.76%) .NET
2 33 (2.91%) React
3 27 (2.38%) HTML
4 18 (1.59%) CSS
5 14 (1.23%) REST
6 9 (0.79%) Web Services
7 6 (0.53%) AngularJS
7 6 (0.53%) Ruby on Rails
8 5 (0.44%) JSON
8 5 (0.44%) Node.js
9 4 (0.35%) .NET Core
9 4 (0.35%) .NET Framework
9 4 (0.35%) ASP.NET
9 4 (0.35%) Bootstrap
9 4 (0.35%) jQuery
9 4 (0.35%) OAuth
9 4 (0.35%) OpenAPI
9 4 (0.35%) OpenID
10 3 (0.26%) SAML
10 3 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 166 (14.64%) Virtual Team
2 155 (13.67%) Podcast
3 145 (12.79%) Web Conferencing
4 92 (8.11%) Onboarding
5 69 (6.08%) Blog
6 63 (5.56%) Management Information System
7 49 (4.32%) Product Ownership
8 42 (3.70%) Cloud Native
9 29 (2.56%) Marketing Technology
10 24 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.50%) Social Media
13 15 (1.32%) Data Centre
14 12 (1.06%) Data Structures
14 12 (1.06%) NHS
14 12 (1.06%) Replication
14 12 (1.06%) Security Posture
15 10 (0.88%) Culture of Ownership
16 8 (0.71%) Credit Risk
16 8 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 48 (4.23%) Windows
2 18 (1.59%) Linux
2 18 (1.59%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.53%) Unix
3 6 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.35%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.18%) Android
7 1 (0.088%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.088%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (32.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 235 (20.72%) Agile
2 235 (20.72%) AI
3 202 (17.81%) Mentoring
4 187 (16.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 180 (15.87%) Information Security
6 179 (15.78%) Problem-Solving
7 162 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
8 148 (13.05%) Software Engineering
9 146 (12.87%) Customer Service
10 145 (12.79%) Workflow
11 132 (11.64%) Performance Management
12 127 (11.20%) Decision-Making
13 123 (10.85%) Roadmaps
14 122 (10.76%) Enterprise Architecture
14 122 (10.76%) Programme Management
15 116 (10.23%) DevOps
16 114 (10.05%) Stakeholder Management
17 113 (9.96%) Analytics
17 113 (9.96%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 130 (11.46%) C#
2 116 (10.23%) Python
3 78 (6.88%) JavaScript
4 75 (6.61%) PowerShell
5 62 (5.47%) SQL
6 51 (4.50%) TypeScript
7 41 (3.62%) R
8 14 (1.23%) Ruby
9 12 (1.06%) Java
10 9 (0.79%) T-SQL
10 9 (0.79%) VBA
10 9 (0.79%) VBScript
11 7 (0.62%) VB
12 6 (0.53%) Bash
12 6 (0.53%) Bicep
13 4 (0.35%) Ada
13 4 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.35%) PHP
14 3 (0.26%) C
14 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 107 (9.44%) BPSS Clearance
2 96 (8.47%) CISSP
3 81 (7.14%) CISM
4 79 (6.97%) Security Cleared
5 70 (6.17%) Degree
6 68 (6.00%) SC Cleared
7 55 (4.85%) A+ Certification
7 55 (4.85%) Network+ Certification
8 17 (1.50%) PMI Certification
9 14 (1.23%) DBS Check
9 14 (1.23%) PMP
10 13 (1.15%) ACCA
10 13 (1.15%) CIMA
10 13 (1.15%) CISA
11 12 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.06%) CRISC
12 11 (0.97%) ISACA
13 8 (0.71%) GIAC
14 7 (0.62%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (13.05%) QA
2 89 (7.85%) GDPR
3 78 (6.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 43 (3.79%) Accessibility
5 33 (2.91%) NIST
6 32 (2.82%) Data Quality
7 25 (2.20%) WCAG
8 20 (1.76%) GRC
9 14 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 12 (1.06%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.97%) SLA
11 11 (0.97%) SOC 2
12 10 (0.88%) NCSC
13 9 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 8 (0.71%) Def Stans
15 7 (0.62%) COBIT
15 7 (0.62%) PMO
15 7 (0.62%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.53%) GAAP
16 6 (0.53%) IFRS
System Software
1 113 (9.96%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.88%) Docker
3 8 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.18%) vSphere
5 1 (0.088%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.088%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 90 (7.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.23%) Terraform
3 11 (0.97%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.26%) Ansible
5 3 (0.26%) SCCM
6 2 (0.18%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.088%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.088%) QRadar
Vendors
1 284 (25.04%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.94%) Adobe
2 56 (4.94%) CyberArk
3 45 (3.97%) iManage
4 34 (3.00%) CrowdStrike
5 29 (2.56%) Intapp
6 23 (2.03%) Aderant
7 22 (1.94%) Google
8 21 (1.85%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.76%) Oracle
10 17 (1.50%) ServiceNow
11 15 (1.32%) HighQ
12 14 (1.23%) HubSpot
12 14 (1.23%) Sage
13 10 (0.88%) SAP
14 8 (0.71%) Cisco
14 8 (0.71%) VMware
15 7 (0.62%) Litera
16 6 (0.53%) Legatics
17 5 (0.44%) NEC